One of my picassos suddenly developed this fuzzy, furry, raised, pinkish-purplish area on her side. I think she may have abraded herself going through the hole in the bottom of her flowerpot (hole did have some sharp edges, which I've since sanded down). Water parameters are good: SG of 1.025, pH of 8.15, Temp of 74F, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrate. Eating, breathing, and otherwise behaving normally. I did notice a yellowish stringy poop this morning, but it didn't persist for long. The other picasso in the tank is fine. What is this, and what, if anything, should I do about it? Here's a picture:

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Last edited by JimWelsh on Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

OK, she's got another stringy poop that won't go away this time, and the injury on the side is more raised than before, and is becoming more prounounced in three small spots more or less in the center of the pinkish area shown in the photo. Sombody PLEASE HELP! I'm not very experienced with sick fish (been keeping SW fish 3+ years, and really have had no fish maladies to speak of, knock on wood).

I would treat only the affected fish. Do not treat the broodstock tank. While your filtration bacteria might cope with the treatment I am unsure how anemones will react. If the anemones die, the whole tank is nuked.